DO OR DON'T FRIEND REQUEST?

I look for people who are active posters.

They're not your "friends", people! They're are random internet strangers that might become an acquaintence (sp?) ffs!

Aren't you just a little ray of sunshine.......

In multiple threads no less. Shes definitely deleted.

Merely providing a realistic counterbalance to all this nonsense. But hey, if calling them "friends" makes your life feel full and validated, by all means proceed. :drinker:

Or maybe talk on the phone or meet for a workout or coffee...

It's funny because MFP calls them Friends...it's a Friends list after all.

They're not your "friends", people! They're are random internet strangers that might become an acquaintence (sp?) ffs!

Aren't you just a little ray of sunshine.......

In multiple threads no less. Shes definitely deleted.

Merely providing a realistic counterbalance to all this nonsense. But hey, if calling them "friends" makes your life feel full and validated, by all means proceed. :drinker:

Or maybe talk on the phone or meet for a workout or coffee...

It's funny because MFP calls them Friends...it's a Friends list after all.

If you actually read her bio, it clearly states how she feels about the friend list. Who am I (or anyone) to cast stones about how someone uses or not uses MFP or how they want to interact with others here.

Just one ole man's opinion...........................

No according to her profile. she doesn't want any

AsaThorsWoman wrote:

Nothing, I accept them all.

I look at the profile usually, but I have some amazing MFP friends that are odd matches, but oh well.

Me too, with or without a note. I'm reckless that way.

I don't send them. I rarely accept, but when I do it's usually because they've undergone thorough scrutiny by my fl and been voted in as worthy. And even then I don't always accept. Sorry...I'm picky.

I accept any and all friend requests, even if they don't come with a message. Then I make my best effort to at least run through the list of status updates and like or comment on as much as I can each day. This is a site for fitness support after all, and the point of having friends here is so that you have your own support group to keep you motivated. Which goes both ways; don't forget that, folks.

The only time I'd consider deleting a friend is if they're not actually trying to better themselves. For instance, I have one friend who only makes attention-seeking posts like "I'm feeling fat today" or "Screw my diet, it's not worth it". I've given advice to help this person, but if these posts keep happening, I'm just going to remove them and focus my energy on helping or encouraging those who actually need it.

I admit, to get started, I spent an hour or so running through a bunch of welcome threads and blindly adding every single person who offered themselves up for friendship. I didn't leave any of them a message because I was just trying to build a random support group. If they didn't accept, no big deal. But now that I have a decent size group of friends, I'm being more picky about who I try to befriend. After all, there comes a point where you just have too many people and can't give that personal touch anymore. After a couple months, I'll probably reasses my friends list and clean it up a bit. But no matter your gender, body type, and/or personality, as long as you're here to be healthy, I'll welcome your friend request and offer my support.

Boobs and butt.

I'm right there with ya! I prefer a nice pair before I accept.

They're not your "friends", people! They're are random internet strangers that might become an acquaintence (sp?) ffs!

What. the. hell. I thought we were friends?

what the hell??? You mean I have been deceived??? *kitten*

I'm not some anti-social *kitten* (okay, maybe a tad), I just prefer to keep sacred words like "friend" to the literal sense and tend to try and remind others to do the same (in tactless ways). The word has got out of hand and almost seems meaningless and trivial now. Friends used to be people that you cried on, hung out with, broke the law with, called when you needed help moving, splashed water on at the river, cheated on your diet with...not some selfie-minded duckface you try and one up with profile poses. My worthless two cents.

Mind you, I'm not incapable of feeling teh internetz lovin'. I've got a buttload of that. :flowerforyou:

Take this up with MFP then and ask them to change it to acquaintances list or random strangers list or something.

In the meantime people on MFP will refer to it as a friends list because that's what the app calls it - not because they really think they are soul mates with everyone on their list.

Anyway, back to the question - I do not send friend requests.
If anyone sends me one,I accept. If they decide I am not right for them after all and delete me, that's ok. One person did this after couple of days - she was a vegetarian and I am not, perhaps she realised I didnt really have much in common with her after all.

I accept all the friend requests.

People probably remove me after a few days though, because I post a lot, and comment a lot, and don't just "like" everything. Also probably because there isn't a "sarcasm" font.

Must. Ride. Bikes.

or...

drink iced coffee.

one for you, one for me??? :flowerforyou:

I'm not picky my friends list is every where from pervy to shy. They each add a bit of variety to inspire me.

Mmmmm wondering where I am in that? :smokin: :bigsmile:

Pervs, unite! :bigsmile: